Foundation year
Where your grades or English do not yet meet direct entry, a foundation or preparatory year leads into the degree.
What your Tawjihi average qualifies you forStudy destination
Close to home with English-taught programmes, but recognition needs checking before you apply.
Overview
Cyprus offers English-taught degrees at lower cost than Western Europe, within a short flight of Amman and the Gulf.
Recognition is the critical question here, and it is not the same across the island. Before applying we confirm how the specific institution and programme are treated by the authority that will matter to you after graduation, particularly for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and engineering where professional registration is involved.
Pick your level
Where your grades or English do not yet meet direct entry, a foundation or preparatory year leads into the degree.
What your Tawjihi average qualifies you forDirect entry for IB, A-level and American-diploma students, or progression from a foundation year.
Options with a Tawjihi above 85Taught and research master's programmes at our partner universities.
Will my degree be recognised at home?Research degrees: we help you find a supervisor, shape the proposal and apply.
What it costs
Students may work up to 20 hours a week during term and up to 38 hours a week in breaks, in sectors approved by the Ministry of Labour.
Tuition ranges are the international fees published by our partner universities in Cyprus, per year. Some specialist programmes cost more.
Student visa
GESCO’s Cyprus partner universities are in the Republic of Cyprus. Jordanian students enter with a student entry permit issued by the Civil Registry and Migration Department.
The application is submitted by your university while you are still outside Cyprus; it cannot be made after entering on a tourist visa. It is usually examined within one month.
You need a passport valid for your stay, the acceptance letter, a Jordanian bank certificate and statement showing you can cover living, study and return costs, a clean criminal record, medical tests and a bank guarantee for repatriation.
The entry and residence permit application costs EUR 70 (EUR 140 including the ARC), and first registration in the Aliens Register costs EUR 70.
Within 7 days of arriving, register in the Aliens Register and apply for your temporary residence permit with Cyprus medical tests, Plan A health insurance, a rental agreement and proof of funds in a Cyprus bank.
Visa rules change. Always follow the official guidance for your application date; ask us to check your file before you submit. Also see gov.cy. Checked November 2026.
Where we apply
5 partner institutions
No partner matches that search. Ask a counsellor - we may still be able to apply for you.
How it works
Thirty minutes, in person or on WhatsApp. We look at your grades, budget and goals.
One ambitious choice, two realistic ones and a safe option, matched to your profile.
How we helpWe prepare and submit the applications and follow each one through to an offer.
How we helpPartner discounts, merit awards and payment plans that fit your profile.
How we helpFinancial evidence and documents prepared to the embassy's current requirements.
How we helpHousing, the pre-departure briefing and what to expect when you land.
How we helpQuestions
Can't see yours? Ask a counsellor on WhatsApp - you get a person, not a bot.
Ask on WhatsAppNine to twelve months before the intake if you want scholarship options and a realistic choice of universities. Three to four months is possible for some destinations but narrows what is available, and for anything requiring an entrance examination or a competitive visa appointment it is usually too late. Start by talking to us, not by choosing a university.
For a first assessment we only need your academic transcripts and certificates, and your English test result if you have one. Passport, financial evidence and references come later, once we have agreed a shortlist. Do not send passports or bank statements through a website form.
Not to begin. We can assess your profile and build a shortlist without it, and many universities will issue a conditional offer that you meet later. What the score needs to be depends on the university and the programme, and some institutions accept their own internal test or a pathway route instead.
Most study destinations allow international students to work a limited number of hours during term, but the rules differ by country and are revised regularly. Ask us for the current position for your destination rather than relying on what a friend did two years ago.
Every destination sets its own financial requirement, and it usually covers first-year tuition plus a set living cost figure. The amount, how long it must have been in the account, and whose account it can be in all vary. We prepare this to your embassy's exact current requirements as part of the visa service.
We tell you the likely reason and whether an appeal or a fresh application is the better route. Most refusals we see come from financial evidence that was technically correct but presented the wrong way, which is preventable. Universities will often defer an offer to the next intake rather than withdraw it.
This is decided by the authorities in the country where you intend to work, not by the university and not by us. For regulated professions such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and engineering it determines whether you can register and practise at all. We check the position for the specific institution and programme before you apply, and it is free.
Many are, but not all, and it varies by faculty within the same university. Some institutions teach a degree in English at master's level and in the local language at undergraduate level. We confirm the language of instruction for the exact programme before you apply.
Free consultation
Thirty minutes, no charge, and an honest answer about which universities you can realistically get into.
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